Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-10
WASHINGTON.
Opposition TO he Applica ''a& If fransa
Continental Lines 80 b. i;,!-a. I'd
from Section Four.
Orders !ssued for the j-tsm.ssa, Without
Character II the Only CoIOrsd dan
IN tho signal service.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE

WASHINGTON, jane 8.-AII % the inter-
state commerce comm,SsioL except
Chairman Cooley, we're prr-.Ic at to-
days session. Z. n Tat. counsel for
Sutton & Co, of New York,
representing the Clipper snip Ines,
read I statement in opposition to
the application Of the traGs-cou,iucntal
railroad lines 10 be released from the
operation of section l. Il referring to
what he understood to be en- agreement
between The trans Continents. ..uJs and
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company to
euGesvCr TO secure The suspension of
section four Mr.. TAFT said th.. Gould is
o prominent candidate for the presidency
Oh one Of these lines, So tAa1 80 relations
between the Companics premises to
resemble marriage uf TOyl, families
As an iIIus-ra iCu Il &c nature of
the competition Which ire Clipper
lines are compelled 20 meet
Mr.. Taft produced tariff
sheet Of the Southern PIc. tc Railway
Company Offering 20 take tyrtIlts for
California from Several handret interior
and eastern cities sGd tus,.- ct the
through rate charged from y IS York to
California. He said that .-ls virtually
amounted 10 q rebate to these points. If
the Clipper lines took Itei2h. if,m New
burg for CdlifOrnia. they EoUll require
the shipper % pay the charges from the
interior towns 10 NeH York city.
THE COLORED MAN BOUNCED.
WASHINGTON, jane S.-AG order las
been issued By the War Department di-
rtC.irg tbr dismissal "Withuu. cll-scser''
of W. Il. Gr.er, The only ccl0I-d man
that he's ev.T been admitted - t.a Signal
Service His appointment a3.Jt -1Tee
years GgJ and assignment ct PoasscoIa
caused 81 stir.
NATIONAL COAST P.,TEOL.
WASHINGTON, June SIS err AIRY Fair
Child ISSUED to-day circular iA regard
to contagious diseases, in which he says:
''In order 10 assist local authorities in
the m&i2tenance Of quarantine sgGinst
the in reduction OF contgg;ous diseases,
IS provided in section 472, Revised Stat
u,.s, the act Of April %, 1878, anj the
appropriation acts authorizing f1e Presi-
dent o maintain quarantine ~ points of
dzuacr, the president. ms deter
niLed to establish, by means of
vessels OF the reveGre marine
6 national patrol of the CO.'S. OF the
United States, aud 81 jlr Is i may be
practicable under existing -Aw and con-
sistert with the performance Il other du-
ties coEfded 70 That service The cir
cusr contains special instructions to
commanding officers OF revenue cutters
to cruise actively upon the outer lines of
their cruising grounds 8nd to exercise
special vigilanCc III speaking al vessels
arriving FROM foreign ports, @: from in
fectad ports OF tie United States. Spe-
cial regulations 10 sid IJcsl quarantine
authorities will be promulgated hereafter
should the occasion require.
COMING HOME.
WAsHINGToS, June 8.-Informattn
has been received at the White House
that tic President and party expect TO
arrive tber5 by Saturday.
TEXAS TENSIONS.
Special 70 the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, June 8-Fhe following
pensions were granted to-day: William
G. Wade, Pilot Point; William +. War
caser, Pittsburgh; John Vale, Roma;
L iward Walker, China Springs; J. S. V.
Nj. Hatch, Linn Flat, inc-esse; d. Close,
Del Rio.